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HEGINS TWP. - A Scranton man died Tuesday when the truck he was driving crashed on Route 25 at the entrance to Camp A While campground in Hegins Twp.

Robert J. Taylor, 46, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 5:45 a.m. crash by Schuylkill County Deputy Coroner Sandra Poletti.

The driver of the second vehicle involved, Clinton Otto, 51, of Hegins, was not injured.

State police Trooper Michael Keating of the Schuylkill Haven station said the crash occurred as Mr. Taylor was driving a 2006 International 4300 truck west on Route 25 and tried to follow a curve in the road but lost control of his vehicle.

The truck went off the road, and Mr. Taylor counter-steered back into the westbound lane, traveled across the double yellow line and entered the eastbound lane, where he again counter-steered into the westbound lane, Trooper Keating said.

As Mr. Taylor was trying to gain control of his truck, Mr. Otto was driving a 1995 Honda Civic east and swerved to avoid a collision, causing him to drive off the road and hit a drainage ditch.

Trooper Keating said Mr. Taylor's truck continued across the westbound lane and then went off the road, continued northeast and went up an embankment, striking a tree.

The truck then traveled back onto the road, went across Route 25 and struck a fence at the entrance to Camp A While, Trooper Keating said.

Mr. Taylor's truck came to a stop facing southwest while Mr. Otto's car came to a stop facing southeast, Trooper Keating said.

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